Chest wall thickness and depth to vital structures in paediatric patients – implications for prehospital needle decompression of tension pneumothorax

Table 5 0-year-old children, all measurements in cm ± SD, "*" indicating statistical significance

	ICS-width		CWT		CWT_close		DVS		DVS_close		ISZ		ISZ_close
	right	left	right	left	right	left	right	left	right	left	right	left	right	left
2nd ICS MCL_sag	0.55	0.58	1.52	1.56	1.43	1.40	4.96	4.48	2.44	1.96	3.44	2.92	1.01	0.56
2nd ICS MCL_sag	[±0.18]	[±0.19]	[±0.51]	[±0.61]	[±0.41]	[±0.41]	[±1.68]	[±1.77]	[±0.63]	[±0.66]	[±1.59]	[±1.61]	[±0.61]	[±0.65]
4th ICS AAL_perp	0.41	0.46	1.38	1.41	1.44	1.45	4.02	3.15	3.01	2.46	2.64	1.75	1.58	1.01
4th ICS AAL_perp	[±0.13]	[±0.13]	[±0.48]	[±0.50]	[±0.48]	[±0.48]	[±1.08]	[±0.95]	[±0.78]	[±0.59]	[±0.98]	[±0.76]	[±0.70]	[±0.43]
p	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	0.11	0.15	0.94	0.72	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*	< 0.05*

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